Tomaso Porcacchi (1530 – 1585) was an Italian writer born in Tuscany. He lived in Venice in 1559, where he joined the celebrated printer Gabriele Giolito in making a collection of works from Greek historians and other Greek writers, all pertaining to the nation’s history. He also published various works in poetry, history, antiquities and geography, as well as, translations of several Greek authors and improved editions of several valuable Italian works.
Tomaso Porcacchi (1530 – 1585) was an Italian writer born in Tuscany. He lived in Venice in 1559, where he joined the celebrated printer Gabriele Giolito in making a collection of works from Greek historians and other Greek writers, all pertaining to the nation’s history. He also published various works in poetry, history, antiquities and geography, as well as, translations of several Greek authors and improved editions of several valuable Italian works.
His chief original writings are L’Isole del Mondo and Funerali Antichi di Diverdi Popoli e Naziono, con Figure. L’Isole del Mondo, published in 1572, contains a series of superbly engraved miniature maps of islands and continents. With their finely designed cartouches, sea monsters and ships, they resemble larger maps reduced in size. These maps, engraved by Girolamo Porro, are scarce.
